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Duke Nukem Forever arrives May 3; new trailer inside

You can't keep a good Duke down: Duke Nukem Forever is coming to the PC, PS3, …

The skies have opened, the gods have smiled, and 2K Games has announced an actual release date for Duke Nukem Forever. The game is for real, people have played it, and we know when it will go on sale to gamers who have waited over a decade to play the official sequel to one of the most-loved PC games ever released. You'll be able to buy your copy on May 3 in North America, and May 6 internationally. The game is coming to the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.

While many gamers are skeptical about the game's quality, an actual release date is good news. Duke is a great character with a long history, and Gearbox was a good fit to finish work on the game. If it's bad, so be it, but if it's even half as good as the original, we're in for a treat. It's going to be a good day when a brand-new Duke Nukem game is on the store shelves.

Update: Ok, pretty good! Looks a little Halo-ish for my taste, and I sure hope the vehicles don't suck, and that the environments are sufficiently destructible, and that it's easy to mod... ah, I still remember swapping textures in Duke3D to make the RPG launch toilets! Great times.

I don't think there's any way this title could live up to the historic hype, and I think Gearbox knows that. It looks like they're focusing on simply making a fun game rather than one that tries to be and do everything the old DNF fud tried to claim it would be. This is the best approach they could take. Just give us something that's fun and that's good enough.